Plate 1733. 



TEICHOLEPIS SPARTIOIDES, Clarke. 



Composite. Tribe Cynaroide^. 



T. spartioides, Clarhe ; involncri bracteis numerosissimis setiformi- 

 bns, achseniis ecostatis. — Clarke, Composites Indices, p. 241 ; Junnea 

 chcetolepis, Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 570. 



Hab. Mirgraum, south of the Hindu Kusli ; Gilgit Expedition, Dr. 

 Giles. — Also in Afghanistan. 



See remarks on Tricholepis tibetica (Plate 1732).— W. B. Hemsley. 



Fig. 1. Section of a capitulum, with the flowers removed. 2. Involucral bracts. 

 3. A flower. 4. Anthers. 5. Upper part of style with stigma. 6. An acneoe. 

 7. A bristle of the pappus. Enlarged. 



